Thursday, December 31, 2015

Actor/comedian, Bill Cosby, was arrested and charged
yesterday for sexual assault in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cosby, now 78, was arraigned on charges of aggravated indecent
assault. The case stems from a 2004 incident, regarding Cosby
drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand. She sued Cosby
in 2005 and he settled the case in 2006. However, now said
allegations are the center of the current criminal charges
against him.

Members of the public have expressed anger online that prosecutors
sat on evidence against Cosby for 11-years, knowing he is a
danger to women and that others have been making similar
accusations against him. Due to his celebrity, Cosby was allowed
to remain free with impunity, after damaging the lives of many
women he drugged, raped and sexually assaulted. The new district
attorney decided to prosecute Cosby in what is his first week in
office. Cosby and his attorney stated the arrest is politically
motivated. However, 50 women have come forward alleging sexual
assault going back as far as the 1960s. Some of the women are
famous, others are not. At the end of the day, everyone deserves
justice.

Cosby has a problem and for the sake of women everywhere it needs to be address. He is a sexual predator who has
used his fame to violate women and abuse them into silence, lest
he turn the full brunt of his celebrity and financial resources
against them. The misconduct must stop. No one deserves to be
treated the way his victims have been harmed.